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'''Bhiwandi taluka''' is a [[taluka]] in [[Thane district]] of Maharashtra in [[Konkan division]].<ref name="Prahar-20141127">{{cite news|url=http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444 |title=महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या. |date=2014-11-27 |work=Prahar |accessdate=2015-08-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722032645/http://prahaar.in/prahaarhelpline/269444 |archivedate=2015-07-22 }}</ref><ref name="ThaneDistrictCollectorate-20150816">{{cite web|url=http://www.thane.nic.in/htmldocs/saja_village.html|title=Circle Saja Revenue Village List - Tahsil Office|publisher=Thane District Collectorate|accessdate=16 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092256/http://www.thane.nic.in/htmldocs/saja_village.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It contains the city of [[Bhiwandi]].<br />
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==Thane district==<br />
Until 31 July 2014, Thane was the country's most populous district with a population of over 12 Million.<ref name="DNA-20140801">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-gets-its-36th-district-palghar-craved-out-of-india-s-most-populous-thane-district-2007051|title=Maharashtra gets its 36th district - Palghar; carved out of India's most populous Thane district|date=2014-08-01|work=Daily News and Analysis|accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> On 1 August 2014, the talukas of [[Mokhada taluka|Mokhada]], [[Jawahar taluka|Jawahar]], [[Talasari taluka|Talasari]], [[Vikramgadh taluka|Vikramgadh]], [[Wada taluka|Wada]], [[Dahanu taluka|Dahanu]], [[Palghar taluka|Palghar]] and [[Vasai taluka|Vasai]] were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district [[Palghar district|Palghar]]. The talukas [[Thane taluka|Thane]], Bhiwandi, [[Kalyan taluka|Kalyan]], [[Ulhasnagar taluka|Ulhasnagar]], [[Ambernath taluka|Ambernath]], [[Murbad taluka|Murbad]] and [[Shahapur taluka|Shahapur]] were retained in Thane district.<ref name="DNA-20140801" /><ref name="TimesOfIndia-20140614">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/Thane-district-will-finally-be-split-into-2-parts-from-August-15/articleshow/36516533.cms|title=Thane district will finally be split into 2 parts from August 15|last=Tembhekar|first=Chittaranjan |author2=Sanjeev Shivadekar|date=2014-06-14|work=Times of India|accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
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{{bar box<br />
|title=Religions in Bhiwandi taluk (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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|left1=Religion<br />
|right1=Percent<br />
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|56.52}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Maharashtra|Islam]]|green|38.91}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhism]]|mediumblue|2.18}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jainism]]|pink|1.74}}<br />
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.24}}<br />
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Bhiwandi taluka has a population of 1,141,386 according to the 2011 census. Bhiwandi had a literacy rate of 79.31% and a sex ratio of 746 females per 1000 males. 863,740 (75.67%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.76% and 8.12% of the population respectively.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Thane |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/834/download/36204/DH_2011_2721_PART_A_DCHB_THANE.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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{{Pie chart<br />
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|caption = Languages of Bhiwandi taluk (2011)<ref name="langs" /><br />
|label1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value1 = 34.67 |color1 = red<br />
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 34.15 |color2 = green<br />
|label3 = [[Hindi]] |value3 = 17.78 |color3 = orange<br />
|label4 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |value4 = 4.39 |color4 = steelblue<br />
|label5 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value5 = 2.41 |color5 = skyblue<br />
|label6 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] |value6 = 2.23 |color6 = gold<br />
|label7 = [[Marwari language|Marwari]] |value7 = 1.40 |color7 = maroon<br />
|label8 = Others |value8 = 2.97 |color8 = grey<br />
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At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 34.67% of the population in the district spoke [[Marathi language|Marathi]], 34.15% Urdu, 17.78% [[Hindi]], 4.39% Telugu, 2.41% Gujarati, 2.23% Bhojpuri and 1.40% Marwari as their first language.<ref name="langs">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10212/download/13324/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Base, Maharashtra]]<br />
*[[Kon, India|Kon]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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